Damgan
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 62/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Damgan (INSEE 56052) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Arc Sud Bretagne. Population 1,943 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/56052-damgan
Vitality score
Vitality score 62/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 94 % of the 9,791 communes of a similar size.
Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.
Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.52 | 25 | 13.03 |
| Social | 0.99 | 20 | 19.82 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON LE NEZET · BOULANGERIE DE LA PLAGE · LE KORN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA COTE BRETONNE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (HBDIS). [3,4]
18 × Restaurant (LA PLAYA · A J PENERF · GIMBAP ET COMPAGNIE). [3,4]
8 × Café / bar (LA POTINIERE · LE JOCKEY · LE CAFE PECHEUR · LE NARVAL). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI MATISSE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAMILLE RICHOMME, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'ESTRAN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Cinema (LES CARDINAUX). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE DU LOCH). [3]
6 × Swimming pool (GRANDE PLAGE DE KERVOYAL PLAGE DE LANDREZAC · PETITE PLAGE DE KERVOYAL · GRANDE PLAGE DE DAMGAN · PLAGE DU LENN · PLAGE DE ST GUERIN). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (A TY PIC COIFFURE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HÔTEL L'ALBATROS · HOTEL DE LA PLAGE LATITUDE 47). [3,4]
12 × Campsite (CAMPING GRAND AIR CADU · CAMPING OASIS · AIRE NATURELLE LE COSQUER · CAMPING DE LA PLAGE · CAMPING BIHAN). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 2 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | MAISON LE NEZET · BOULANGERIE DE LA PLAGE · LE KORN | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LA COTE BRETONNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | HBDIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 18 | LA PLAYA · A J PENERF · GIMBAP ET COMPAGNIE | INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 27 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 8 | LA POTINIERE · LE JOCKEY · LE CAFE PECHEUR · LE NARVAL | INSEE SIRENE 8 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI MATISSE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | CAMILLE RICHOMME, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE L'ESTRAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LES CARDINAUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE DU LOCH | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 6 | GRANDE PLAGE DE KERVOYAL PLAGE DE LANDREZAC · PETITE PLAGE DE KERVOYAL · GRANDE PLAGE DE DAMGAN · PLAGE DU LENN · PLAGE DE ST GUERIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | A TY PIC COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HÔTEL L'ALBATROS · HOTEL DE LA PLAGE LATITUDE 47 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 12 | CAMPING GRAND AIR CADU · CAMPING OASIS · AIRE NATURELLE LE COSQUER · CAMPING DE LA PLAGE · CAMPING BIHAN | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,632 (2012) → 1,943 (2023): 19.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,032 (1990) → 1,943 (2023): 88.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,189, of which 73.5 % second homes and 1.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Damgan): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Damgan): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Damgan): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Damgan): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Damgan): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the BILLIERS weather station, 6.9 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 7 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at VANNES-SENE, 13.8 km away at 3 m, over 26 summers. [9]
An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BILLIERS, 6.9 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
312 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 339,500 € — 3,851 € per m² of built surface. [10]
127 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 195,500 € — 5,163 € per m². [10]
The median across Morbihan is 2,080 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56052/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56052/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56052/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56052/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 56052
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
Villages like this one
Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys | 56 | 19 km W | 2,004 | 57.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Combloux | 74 | 725 km E | 2,093 | 63.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lecci | 2A | 1,142 km SE | 2,134 | 62.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
| Beaufort | 73 | 727 km E | 1,989 | 69.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pénestin | 56 | 8.8 km SE | 2,085 | 70.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Allues | 73 | 737 km E | 1,736 | 70.9 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 9 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pénestin | 56 | 8.8 km SE | 2,085 | 70.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys | 56 | 19 km W | 2,004 | 57.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Combloux | 74 | 725 km E | 2,093 | 63.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 % |
| Beaufort | 73 | 727 km E | 1,989 | 69.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 % |
| Les Allues | 73 | 737 km E | 1,736 | 70.9 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 9 % |
| Lecci | 2A | 1,142 km SE | 2,134 | 62.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
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…and in much the same climate
The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Damgan's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pénestin | 56 | 8.8 km SE | 2,085 | 70.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Locmariaquer | 56 | 28 km W | 1,577 | 53.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Salvetat-sur-Agout | 34 | 599 km SE | 1,108 | 63.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Assérac | 44 | 17 km SE | 1,890 | 58.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quend | 80 | 438 km NE | 1,280 | 53.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Mesquer | 44 | 16 km SE | 2,171 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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